diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index ab49b71e02..683141b120 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_RIEMANN
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # protobuf
 	# protobuf-c -> host-protobuf
 	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_C
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_RIEMANN_C_CLIENT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	help
 	  Sends data to Riemann, a stream processing and monitoring system.
diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 28c1b31e09..7ab7dd4223 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ COLLECTD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_OPENLDAP),openldap) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_PING),liboping) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_POSTGRESQL),postgresql) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_RIEMANN),libtool protobuf-c) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_RIEMANN),libtool riemann-c-client) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_RRDTOOL),rrdtool) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_SENSORS),lm-sensors) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_SMART),libatasmart) \